Impact of a large deletion in the neuraminidase protein identified in a laninamivir‐selected influenza A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2) variant on viral fitness in vitro and in ferrets

Autor: Xavier Bouhy, Karen Dubé, Edith Beaulieu, Yacine Abed, Corey P. Mallett, Marie-Ève Hamelin, Julie Ann, Guy Boivin, Marie-Hélène Joly, Julie Carbonneau
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
ISSN: 1750-2659
1750-2640
Popis: Viral fitness of a laninamivir-selected influenza A/Brisbane/10/2007-like (H3N2) isolate (LRVp9) containing a 237-amino acid neuraminidase deletion and a P194L hemagglutinin mutation was evaluated in vitro and in ferrets. LRVp9 and the wild-type (WT) virus showed comparable replication kinetics in MDCK-ST6GalI cells. Cultured virus was recovered between days 2 and 5 post-infection in nasal washes (NW) from the 4 WT-infected ferrets whereas no virus was recovered from the LRVp9-infected animals. There was a ≥1 log reduction in viral RNA copies/μl of NW for LRVp9 compared to WT at most time points. The large neuraminidase deletion compromises viral infectivity in vivo.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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